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TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN:

De it known that I, ELEAZER SMALL, of Dennisport, in the county of Barnstable, and in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms; und do hereby declare that the following is c full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, und to the letters of reference marked thereon. u

In the annexed drawings, making part of this spccicntion, A A represent the side, und BeB the end rails of the bed upon which the spring-bottom is to be placed. a a a represent a series of slats, which are intended to be placed longitudinally of the bed. Beneath the slets'a a, and nerr their ends, are placed the cross-slats d d. e e represent pins, headed at their upper ends, which pass down through holes made through thc slats a and (Z at their points of intersection. These pins project below the slats, and :1re surrounded with coiled wire springs, as seen in Figure 2. C C represent two cross-bars, which are provided at each end with the metallic plates D D, made in the form represented in Figure 3. These cross-bars al1-c placed between the two side rails A A, with the projecting ends of their plates D D resting upon the upper sides of said rails. The bars C C are each provided with a series of holes, z'z', made through them from top 'to bottom. These holes are inode to receive the lower ends ofthe pins e e, the springs surrounding said springs resting upon the upper side of thcbnrs. AWhen the slats a and d :tre depressed, the pins e e play in the holes z'z' of the bars C. The bars C C accompany the slats with their pins and springs, forming, when combined, o. movable spring-bed bottom. These bcrs C may he cut ofi` at one end,'and the plate at that end replaced when the bars nre too long for the Width of the bed upon which the bottom is to be placed. This bottom, it will be seen, has only a. vertical play. r

Having thus fully described'my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to sccurc by Letters Patent, is-

The perforated bars C C, with metal plates D et each end for securing the ,pins ee of thc bed-bottom, as constructed, and to a'djust the same to suit the size of the bedstead, all constructed and used in the mannerv as specified.

In testimony that I ela-im thc foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st doy of May, 1867.

ELEAZER SMALL.

Witnesses:

A. H. 'MARIQ A. A. YEATMAN. 

